WESH 2's Jason Guy reports on why a local woman is being blocked from visiting her grandfather's grave in this special report.

WESH 2's Jason Guy reports on why a local woman is being blocked from visiting her grandfather's grave in this special report.

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Updated: 6:42 PM EDT Jul 15, 2014

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WEBVTT THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYS A HISTORIC CEMETERY SITS ON NINE ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND IN SEMINOLE COUNTY A HALF MILE OFF BUSY 436 IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. AFRICAN-AMERICANS BURIED THEIR LOVED ONES ON THAT SITE MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO WHICH NOW APPEARS TO BE A HORSE TRAINING FACILITY. WESH 2 JASON GUY INVESTIGATES AS ONE FAMILY IS DENIED THEIR RIGHT TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. IT MAKES ME SAD TO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT THIS IS GOING TO VANISH. FLORIDA HAS MORE THAN 1100 DOCUMENTED HISTORIC CEMETERIES LIKE THIS ONE. EVEN THOUGH ARCHEOLOGIST AND HISTORIANS GO TO GREAT LENTS TO IDENTIFY AND PRESERVE THE GROUND THEY SAY THERE COULD BE THOUSANDS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. YOU WOULD COME IN AND WALK INTO THE GRAVE SITES TO VISIT THE GRAVE. AUSTIN WILLIAMS HAS VOLUNTEERED MORE THAN A DECADE TO RESTORE THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN CASSELBERRY. MY CONNECTION IS MY LOVED ONES BURIED HERE. MY MOM IS LAID TO REST OVER THERE AS WELL. WILLIAMS HELPED OTHER VOLUNTEERS SEARCH FOR WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE FOUR CITY COLORED CEMETERY IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. SOPHIA MOT SAYS IT'S WHERE HER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE LAID TO REST. MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS CHILDREN ARE BURIED OUT THERE. AS WELL AS MY GRANDMOTHER. DR. RACHEL WENTZ WORKED WITH THE STATE ARCHEOLOGIST WHO PURSUED THE GRANTING IN MARCH. IT WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY. LOOKS LIKE THE BURIALS DATE BACK TO HE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. IT MAY CONTAIN 40 INDIVIDUALS. MOTT SAYS HER GRANDFATHER WAS A SLAVE WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR. ACCORDING TO A VOL UNTEAR HISTORIAN A JOHN CAMEL AND HIS -- CAMPBELL AND HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN ARE BURIED THERE. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND THE SITE WHERE HE IS BURIED. MY CHILDREN HAVE TRIED TO FIND IT, YOU KNOW, TAKE ME OUT TO IT. I WAS WITH THE 87-YEAR-OLD AND HER FAMILY MEMBERS AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO VISIT THE SITE IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THE CEMETERY IS BACK THERE. ALL THESE YEARS. THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM ON THE LAND WHICH WENTZ SAYS IS VIOLATING THE LAW. EVEN IF IT IS INCORPORATED INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE ACCESS. THE OWNER CLAIMS SHE HAD NO IDEA A PORTION OF HER LAND WAS DESIGNATED A HISTORICAL CEMETERY. WHEN SHE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2008 THE ARCHEOLOGIST SAID IT COULDN'T BE DETERMINED IF GRAVES WERE THERE BUT ADVISED HER TO HAVE FIELD TESTING DONE. WHAT HARM WOULD IT DO FOR US TO WALK BACK THERE ON THE SITE WHERE MY GRAND DADDY'S BURIED? IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, JASON GUY, WESH 2 NEWS. WE'RE TOLD SOPHIA'S FAMILY IS STILL SEEK ACCESS TO THE LAND SO THEY CAN PAY RESPECT TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHENEVER THEY

Special Report: Woman blocked from her grandfather's grave

WESH 2's Jason Guy reports on why a local woman is being blocked from visiting her grandfather's grave in this special report.